Atomic Carnival Books
@atomiccarnival.bsky.social
Publisher of weird speculative fiction. | Disabled-owned. | Editor, @egumeny.bsky.social | EAT THE RICH, August 2024
www.AtomicCarnivalBooks.com
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My story "Remembrance" is live today on ergot. It's about being trapped in someone else's memory, kind of!
#SpecLit #FlashFiction
#SpecLit #FlashFiction
ergot.
innovative + experimental horror
www.ergot.press
June 14, 2024 at 4:05 PM
My story "Remembrance" is live today on ergot. It's about being trapped in someone else's memory, kind of!
#SpecLit #FlashFiction
#SpecLit #FlashFiction
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Reminder that I am running a promotion to get The Nightmare Box into libraries! 📚 See below ...
June 14, 2024 at 8:14 PM
Reminder that I am running a promotion to get The Nightmare Box into libraries! 📚 See below ...
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I have published more than 400 of my stories and poems across 6 years, read/edit for several journals, and have worked with clients who went on to publish in many pro venues (from unthemed magazines to themed anthologies).
Give my editing services a try!
Give my editing services a try!
I have a couple of June slots left!
Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism.
Lit or spec 🌌💜
Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism.
Lit or spec 🌌💜
June 14, 2024 at 5:19 PM
I have published more than 400 of my stories and poems across 6 years, read/edit for several journals, and have worked with clients who went on to publish in many pro venues (from unthemed magazines to themed anthologies).
Give my editing services a try!
Give my editing services a try!
Finally feeling slightly better than hot-boiled shit, so a very belated update: Happy Pride, congrats to all the Stoker and Nebula winners, billionaires shouldn't exist, fuck the police, and have a great weekend!
June 14, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Finally feeling slightly better than hot-boiled shit, so a very belated update: Happy Pride, congrats to all the Stoker and Nebula winners, billionaires shouldn't exist, fuck the police, and have a great weekend!
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Oh hey, I have another story out today!
My return to StP is a queer horror tale of revenge, of making and unmaking.
Read my little story of unbirthdays here and find about the vivisected shape of the world once it refuses to accommodate you:
My return to StP is a queer horror tale of revenge, of making and unmaking.
Read my little story of unbirthdays here and find about the vivisected shape of the world once it refuses to accommodate you:
"For years we were as inseparable as flesh fused together by wound-welding time."
@avramargariti.bsky.social returns to STP with another sicko horror story "Unbirthday Means You Wish Yourself Unborn".
That opening line got me, and it's gonna get you too.
@avramargariti.bsky.social returns to STP with another sicko horror story "Unbirthday Means You Wish Yourself Unborn".
That opening line got me, and it's gonna get you too.
“Unbirthday Means You Wish Yourself Unborn” by Avra Margariti - Seize The Press
For years we were as inseparable as flesh fused together by wound-welding time. Until the night before twelfth grade, when you decided to rend us asunder with a few simple words: “I would like to go b...
www.seizethepress.com
June 13, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Oh hey, I have another story out today!
My return to StP is a queer horror tale of revenge, of making and unmaking.
Read my little story of unbirthdays here and find about the vivisected shape of the world once it refuses to accommodate you:
My return to StP is a queer horror tale of revenge, of making and unmaking.
Read my little story of unbirthdays here and find about the vivisected shape of the world once it refuses to accommodate you:
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Support for Reckoning has flagged a bit since our 2022 fundraiser. We don't want to roll back payrates--we want to pay more, so more marginalized folks can have room to write about environmental justice and teach us how to be better! Please help if you can? reckoning.press/one-more-cal...
One More Call for Support | Reckoning
I hate asking for money. We asked for money in 2022 and it was rough: a lot of work, a lot of feeling sorry for pressuring people in those ridiculously hard times. But we managed, and it let us raise ...
reckoning.press
June 12, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Support for Reckoning has flagged a bit since our 2022 fundraiser. We don't want to roll back payrates--we want to pay more, so more marginalized folks can have room to write about environmental justice and teach us how to be better! Please help if you can? reckoning.press/one-more-cal...
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It's THAT time of the year again! The annual STRANGE HORIZONS FUND DRIVE is now live. To donate: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... Over the next 36 days, we're looking to raise $13,500 to stay alive through 2025, and beyond for some very special special issues!
https://kickstarter.com/projects/strangehorizons2019/strange-horizons-2025…
June 12, 2024 at 5:38 PM
It's THAT time of the year again! The annual STRANGE HORIZONS FUND DRIVE is now live. To donate: www.kickstarter.com/projects/str... Over the next 36 days, we're looking to raise $13,500 to stay alive through 2025, and beyond for some very special special issues!
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Everything You Need to Know About the Coming Fascism But Were Afraid to Ask!
Donald Trump and his allies are preparing for his potential return to power. If he is elected president for a second term, here are some of his plans for immigration, the Justice Department, presidential authority, trade policies and the military. nyti.ms/4aSUBT0
June 8, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Everything You Need to Know About the Coming Fascism But Were Afraid to Ask!
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New month, new slots available!
Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism.
Lit or spec 🌌💜
Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism.
Lit or spec 🌌💜
June 8, 2024 at 2:45 PM
New month, new slots available!
Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism.
Lit or spec 🌌💜
Developmental edits with a focus on characterization, interiority, and symbolism.
Lit or spec 🌌💜
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Good morning! This is your reminder that we are open to late pledges, and they still totally count for stretch goals and such. We will be closing to pledges sometime next week, so now is a good time to get in if you've been thinking about it...
www.kickstarter.com/...
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June 6, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Good morning! This is your reminder that we are open to late pledges, and they still totally count for stretch goals and such. We will be closing to pledges sometime next week, so now is a good time to get in if you've been thinking about it...
www.kickstarter.com/...
www.kickstarter.com/...
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Love libraries? Love free books?
Cynthia and I are running a challenge to get The Nightmare Box and Other Stories in as many libraries as possible--and give away a free book to one lovely person who makes a library request!
Want to enter? See Cynthia's post for details and reply there.
Cynthia and I are running a challenge to get The Nightmare Box and Other Stories in as many libraries as possible--and give away a free book to one lovely person who makes a library request!
Want to enter? See Cynthia's post for details and reply there.
I cannot possibly express how much I love libraries. So I'm running a promotion for The Nightmare Box And Other Stories (TNBAOS), designed to get it into libraries.
Details in next post
(1 of 2)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
Details in next post
(1 of 2)
www.goodreads.com/book/show/20...
The Nightmare Box and Other Stories
A young queer man finds love at a magical clothing shop…
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June 5, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Love libraries? Love free books?
Cynthia and I are running a challenge to get The Nightmare Box and Other Stories in as many libraries as possible--and give away a free book to one lovely person who makes a library request!
Want to enter? See Cynthia's post for details and reply there.
Cynthia and I are running a challenge to get The Nightmare Box and Other Stories in as many libraries as possible--and give away a free book to one lovely person who makes a library request!
Want to enter? See Cynthia's post for details and reply there.
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Queer, dark, surreal, my chapbook features 13 connected poems of lunar lunacy 💃🏻🌔
avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...
avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...
The Thirteen Scorned Wives of La Nuit by avra margariti
A poetic degeneration
avramargariti.itch.io
June 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Queer, dark, surreal, my chapbook features 13 connected poems of lunar lunacy 💃🏻🌔
avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...
avramargariti.itch.io/the-thirteen...
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Our gratitude for each one of you is immense. We feel this. We know we can get there. This 15 is a real number, it's the lowest goal we could set and not have to cancel projects.
If we can get to that 15 today, the weight lifted would be immense.
Here's the thing: www.gofundme.com/f/a-small-pr...
If we can get to that 15 today, the weight lifted would be immense.
Here's the thing: www.gofundme.com/f/a-small-pr...
June 5, 2024 at 6:15 PM
Our gratitude for each one of you is immense. We feel this. We know we can get there. This 15 is a real number, it's the lowest goal we could set and not have to cancel projects.
If we can get to that 15 today, the weight lifted would be immense.
Here's the thing: www.gofundme.com/f/a-small-pr...
If we can get to that 15 today, the weight lifted would be immense.
Here's the thing: www.gofundme.com/f/a-small-pr...
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My story 'Sleeping Arrangements' is listed here alongside other incredible recommendations from Reactor.
Thank you, Alex Brown, for the story's inclusion and the wonderful review!
Thank you, Alex Brown, for the story's inclusion and the wonderful review!
I'm back with my very belated April short spec fic spotlight! reactormag.com/must-read-sh...
Must Read Short Speculative Fiction: April 2024 - Reactor
Sometimes you gotta break out of your usual reading habits and try something new...
reactormag.com
June 5, 2024 at 7:52 PM
My story 'Sleeping Arrangements' is listed here alongside other incredible recommendations from Reactor.
Thank you, Alex Brown, for the story's inclusion and the wonderful review!
Thank you, Alex Brown, for the story's inclusion and the wonderful review!
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Ahhhhh! Been holding this news in! I am beyond stoked to be a part of this! Huge thanks to @lindzmcleod.bsky.social for including me in this lineup! 🙌 🎉 ✨
I'm thrilled to announce that our first finalist for 'An Honour and a Privilege' is the effervescent
@melisfluous.bsky.social!
Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's
@melisfluous.bsky.social!
Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's
June 4, 2024 at 8:27 PM
Ahhhhh! Been holding this news in! I am beyond stoked to be a part of this! Huge thanks to @lindzmcleod.bsky.social for including me in this lineup! 🙌 🎉 ✨
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I'm thrilled to announce that our first finalist for 'An Honour and a Privilege' is the effervescent
@melisfluous.bsky.social!
Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's
@melisfluous.bsky.social!
Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's
June 4, 2024 at 5:01 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that our first finalist for 'An Honour and a Privilege' is the effervescent
@melisfluous.bsky.social!
Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's
@melisfluous.bsky.social!
Melissa Ren is a Chinese-Canadian writer whose narratives tend to explore the intersection between belonging and becoming. She is a prize recipient of Room Magazine's
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Feel like this needs to be said this morning.
Short fiction is not dead.
We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple
Short fiction is not dead.
We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple
June 4, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Feel like this needs to be said this morning.
Short fiction is not dead.
We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple
Short fiction is not dead.
We pay 12 cents/word for stories and that will increase as our subscriber base increases. Want better pay for short story authors? Subscribe to magazines. Want better pay for magazine staff? Subscribe to magazines. Simple
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We're still rebuilding subscriptions (since Amazon abandoned them) and pushing back against the generated submissions on a daily basis. We'd like to keep doing so. The path forward requires us to keep shouting from the rooftops, so...
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Thank you!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Thank you!
June 3, 2024 at 6:10 PM
We're still rebuilding subscriptions (since Amazon abandoned them) and pushing back against the generated submissions on a daily basis. We'd like to keep doing so. The path forward requires us to keep shouting from the rooftops, so...
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Thank you!
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
Thank you!
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Happy Sunday! We’ve got less than two days left on our Kickstarter! We’re about $200 away from unlocking our guest edited issue and another sticker, and slowly closing in on @cislyn.bsky.social getting a nap!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...
June 2, 2024 at 3:08 PM
Happy Sunday! We’ve got less than two days left on our Kickstarter! We’re about $200 away from unlocking our guest edited issue and another sticker, and slowly closing in on @cislyn.bsky.social getting a nap!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...
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We are currently reading for Issue 125! Send us your weird, your slimy, your mutant critters yearning to scuttle free. www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=71
Submissions
We are now looking for poetry as well as fiction! See separate guidelines below: Fiction Guidelines Please submit only one story at a time, and please wait at least a month after receiving a respon…
www.jerseydevilpress.com
June 2, 2024 at 12:00 PM
We are currently reading for Issue 125! Send us your weird, your slimy, your mutant critters yearning to scuttle free. www.jerseydevilpress.com?page_id=71
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Hexagon Issue 17 is now available on our website! 🌱⛴️
The issue features eco-rebellion short stories from James Cato, André Geleynse, Madi Haab, Christopher R. Muscato, and John Eric Vona.
Cover art by @willtempest.bsky.social. Edited by JW Stebner. 🧡
The issue features eco-rebellion short stories from James Cato, André Geleynse, Madi Haab, Christopher R. Muscato, and John Eric Vona.
Cover art by @willtempest.bsky.social. Edited by JW Stebner. 🧡
June 1, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Hexagon Issue 17 is now available on our website! 🌱⛴️
The issue features eco-rebellion short stories from James Cato, André Geleynse, Madi Haab, Christopher R. Muscato, and John Eric Vona.
Cover art by @willtempest.bsky.social. Edited by JW Stebner. 🧡
The issue features eco-rebellion short stories from James Cato, André Geleynse, Madi Haab, Christopher R. Muscato, and John Eric Vona.
Cover art by @willtempest.bsky.social. Edited by JW Stebner. 🧡
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The Nightmare Box and Other Stories technically doesn't come out until July, but we're selling them at StokerCon! If you like stories with quiet dread, dark magic, and dead cops, you'll dig this one.
May 31, 2024 at 6:06 PM
The Nightmare Box and Other Stories technically doesn't come out until July, but we're selling them at StokerCon! If you like stories with quiet dread, dark magic, and dead cops, you'll dig this one.
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There are single digit days left in the kickstarter! If you’ve been thinking of pledging, now would be a great time. Help us out more Small Wonders into the world!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...
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Small Wonders Magazine: Year 2
A second year of monthly speculative flash fiction and narrative poetry that packs a punch!
www.kickstarter.com
May 27, 2024 at 10:38 PM
There are single digit days left in the kickstarter! If you’ve been thinking of pledging, now would be a great time. Help us out more Small Wonders into the world!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cis...